Levy plan for meat imports rejected by Dominions
London discussion at the meat conference showed friendly yet vigorous debate over a British plan for import levy and preferred Dominion protection. The Dominions favored a quota with a 50 percent domestic preference, while Congress and Canada weighed responses and potential links with the Argentine agreement before the next meeting.
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London
Dominions
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
Rhodesia
Canada
Irish Free State
Westtawa
Thas
Ocial
Three Reich Ministers Arrested Under Hitler Order
Munich reports under Chancellary Adolf Hitler ordered arrests of three Reich cabinet ministers including Fitz Von Ruebenach. Persistent talk says the second revolution not caused by Austrian Legionaries fleeing Bavaria. About 3,000 storm troop chiefs reportedly arrested. A revolutionary committee formed in Munich by friends and relatives of Ernst Boehm and Karl Ernst.
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Vienna
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Fitz von Ruebenach
Munich
Bavaria
Trey
Storm
Ernst Boehm
Berlin-Brandenburg
Karl Ernst
London defense fears raised by German war prep report
Lord Baldwin and government officials acknowledge concerns over German military preparations outlined by Wickham Steed in The Nineteenth Century Review. Baldwin says he has seen allegations aired publicly and confirms that London's underground, railways, and aerial defense remain under special departments.
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London
Wickham Steed
Cuef
Stanley Baldwin
Baldwin
Pension Plan For Workers At Canadian Nations Railways
Canadian National Railways announced a new pension plan for its employees to take effect January 1, 1935, offering basic subsistence pensions at company expense with possible employee and employer contributions. The plan excludes Inter colonial railway Prince Edward Island and Grand Trunk funds and allows employee contributions from one to ten percent after ten years service with company matching up to five percent. A seven member board will administer the plan, with four representatives from the company and four from employees.
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Montreal
Raiways
Canadian National Railways
Mga
Inter-colonial Railway
Prince Edward Island
Canadian Cars See Rise in Exports to South Africa
Officials from the Department of Trade and Commerce report improved Canadian automobile exports to the United Kingdom and a substantial rise to South Africa. Demand in South Africa grows with high gold prices boosting economic conditions. Shipping space is fully booked, and Canadian cars gain footing due to arrangements between U S parent firms and Canadian subsidiaries targeting the South African market.
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Ottawa
United Kingdom
Africa
South Africa
United States
Andanadian
Storm Winds Lifts House and Men in Nor embega
A fierce windstorm struck Nor embega injuring no one seriously. A house was toppled and three men were tossed about twenty five feet, a steel transmission tower for Abitibi Power and Paper was twisted, the line went out of service. All three men sustained only minor injuries.
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Norembega
Abitibi Power and Paper Company
Britain’s Stateswoman Declares Locarno Commitments Only
Mrs Corbett Ashby represented Britain as the sole delegate at the Geneva Disarmament Conference. She stated that Britain could not join any security pacts beyond its Locarno commitments, underscoring her historic role as a lone British envoy.
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Geneva
Corbett Ashby
Britain
Great Britain
Locarno
Silver Cargo Valued At 405000 Consigned To New York
A silver shipment valued at 405000, moving between Shanghai and New York, was consigned to New York and loaded aboard the freighter Pacific Shipper for forwarding via the Panama Canal. The Empress of Japan carried the cargo, arriving June, and local speculation linked it to Secretary Morgenthau's remarks on the silver export embargo.
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New York
Vancouver
Shanghai
Pacific
Panama Canal
Ress
Japan
Henry Morgenthau
United States
Japan vows unchanged naval and foreign policy stance
Tokyo reports that Japan will not radically alter its naval military and foreign policies under Premier Okada. Koki Hirota is reappointed foreign minister, with assurances that two ministers from the Saito cabinet Hayashi and Mineo Osumi will retain posts. Naval leaders reportedly displeased with Okada’s selection.
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Tokyo
C Hadmiral
Keisuke Okada
Koki Hirota
Saito
Hayashi
War Department
Mineo Oscumi
Vernacal
Okada
Policy Change Slated On U S Liversock Control
The United States faces a shift in farm policy as the Agricultural Adjustment Administration considers abandoning control over Liverstock production next year. A single reduction contract may replace separate grain programs, with continued wheat and cotton reductions and possible government loans on grain. Regulation of feed and storage on farms could accompany these changes.
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United States
Liversock
Washington
United States Agricultural Adjustment Istration
Farm Administration
Starts Insurance Plan For Unemployed In Wisconsin
Wisconsin tracks progress of its latent unemployment insurance law effective July 1. Employers with at least 10 workers for 18 weeks must contribute to the fund. Voluntary plans require approval by the industrial commission. The fund reserve per employee is $55, with two percent payroll premium. if reserve drops below $75 the rate falls to one percent. once $73 or more, contributions cease unless the employer wants higher reserves.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Industrial Commission
Death of Mrs Aurelia Regina Rogers in Winnipeg
Mrs Aurelia Regina Rogers 68 wife of Hon Robert Rogers Winnipeg died suddenly from a heart seizure. Former Dominion cabinet minister’s wife had just returned from Ottawa after parliamentary session winding up. She was born Aurelia Regina Widmeyer Grey County Ontario and married in 1888. Survived by husband and son Robert G. Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg
Aurelia Regina Rogers
Robert Rogers
Dominion
Ottawa
Senate
Rogers
Aurelia Regina Widmeyer
Grey County
Ontario
Robert G. Winniper
Baldwin Warns Commons On 1935 Naval Conference
Stanley Baldwin president of the council warned the House of Commons that international political conditions are so grave that the upcoming 1935 naval conference must achieve some end to avert further crisis.
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House
Baldw
London
Stanley Baldwin
The
Council
House of Commons
Heavy rains improve Western farm areas and crop prospects
A crop report from the Dominion Bureau notes heavy weekly precipitation across western farming districts, especially northern and eastern Manitoba, central and northern Saskatchewan, and Alberta south of Calgary. Prince Albert records 5.1 inches. Hail damaged crops widespread, while late pasture growth and grasshopper control influence feed supplies. wheat headed early in many regions, though growth slows in central and northern Alberta.
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Manitot
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Calgary
Edmonton
Prince Albert
Manitoba
Britain and Germany Avoid Trade War by Dawes Bond Pact
Britain and Germany signed a six month extension to avoid a trade war. Germany will deposit sh currency in the Bank of England to pay coupons on Dawes and Young loan funds held by British subjects. Britain agrees not to enforce a new clearing house law during the moratorium a mutual concession amid financial strains.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
Ander
Bank
Enj
Rom Dawes
Young ‘Oan
Britain
Pleased With Decision London Rodeo Promoter Honored
Lord Lonsdale praised Tex Austin promoter of a London rodeo after a court victory against the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals over alleged cruelty to steers used in the show.
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London
Lonsdale
Tex Austin
Royal Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Austin
Tariff Reduction Request on Boots and Shoes in Britain
An application was filed before the tariff board by the Incorporated Federated Association of Boot and Shoe Manufacturers of the United Kingdom seeking a reduction of the British preferential duty on boots and shoes from 25 percent to 15 percent.
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Ottawa
Tariff Board
Incorporated
Federated Association of Boot and Shoe Manufacturers
United Kingdom
Start Journey Through Rockies Eamonton Expedition Debuts
The Bedaux tractor expedition began from Ea monton on Friday June 29 with over 15 tons of equipment fuel and supplies as they launch the first leg through the Sky Mountains.
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Eamonton
Bedaux
Sky Mountains
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